.--^%$$$## ##$$$%^--.
.--^%$#### ####$%^--.
.--^%$#### ####$%^--.
......-^%# #%^-......
.--^%$$### ###$$%^--.
.--^%$#### the honey is a condensation of a thick ####$%^--.
....---^$# liquid, inherent to all mazes. #$^---....
...--^$$## ##$$^--...
.--^%$#### ######################################## ####$%^--.
.--^%$#### ........................................ ####$%^--.
.--^%$#### ####$%^--.
.--^%$#### mainly collected by the lizardfolk of ####$%^--.
....-%%$## the kirugu vargir desert, in the ##$%%-....
.....-^%## underlying tunnels. it's use and ##%^-.....
....--%### possession is illegal within the city. ###%--....
...--^^$## ##$^^--...
....--^$## ##$^--....
.....-^^$# -------------- #$^^-.....
.....--^$# - properties - #$^--.....
....---%## -------------- ##%---....
.....-^$$# #$$^-.....
...--%%%$# the honey is a reddish amber, very #$%%%--...
....-%%%## viscous (but still pourable). it smells ##%%%-....
.--^%$#### slightly of eucalyptus, and has a ####$%^--.
...-^^$$## mostly bitter taste. ##$$^^-...
.--^%%$$## ##$$%%^--.
.--^%$#### it's highly addictive, and possess ####$%^--.
.--^%$#### strong psychotropic effects. ####$%^--.
...-^%$$## ##$$%^-...
.--^%$#### ####$%^--.
.--^%$#### -------------- ####$%^--.
.--^%$#### - collection - ####$%^--.
.--^%$#### -------------- ####$%^--.
.--^%$#### ####$%^--.
.--^%%%$## the honey materializes in vaccuums ##$%%%^--.
.--^%$#### within any labyrinthine space. the more ####$%^--.
......-%## folded and ambiguous, the faster it ##%-......
.--^%$#### emerges. the cavernous systems under ####$%^--.
.--^%$#### the desert of kirugu serves this ####$%^--.
.---^^%### purpose very well - the lizards use ###%^^---.
..----%$## pumps to empty small boxes or jars of ##$%----..
.....--^$# air, which then are left overnight and #$^--.....
.....-%$$# harvested the next day. #$$%-.....
.--^%$#### ####$%^--.
....-%%%$# most spaces are somewhat mazelike, and #$%%%-....
.--^%$#### it's not uncommon for lizards in kirugu ####$%^--.
.--^%$#### veszelle city to keep a few jars (often ####$%^--.
.....--%%# hanged from the ceiling in metal crowns #%%--.....
.----^$$$# made for this purpose). however, these #$$$^----.
.....-^$## may take weeks to fill. ##$^-.....
...---%### ###%---...
.--^%$#### ####$%^--.
.--^%$#### ------------- ####$%^--.
.----^$$## - as a drug - ##$$^----.
.--^%$#### ------------- ####$%^--.
.--^%$#### ####$%^--.
.--^%$#### . one spoon . ####$%^--.
.--^%$#### ..... ####$%^--.
.--^%$#### the drug is used by the lizards in ####$%^--.
.--^%$#### these small (but often continuous) ####$%^--.
..---%$$$# doses. this heightens the senses #$$$%---..
.--^%$#### somewhat but at the cost of a lessened ####$%^--.
.--^%$#### ability to multi-task - context ####$%^--.
.--^%$#### switching might take longer and be more ####$%^--.
....--%$## confusing. ##$%--....
....--^^$# #$^^--....
.....-^$$# #$$^-.....
.--^%$#### . four spoons . ####$%^--.
...--^$$## ..... ##$$^--...
.--^%$#### multitasking becomes very hard (the ####$%^--.
.....-^$## thought does not occur). senses more ##$^-.....
.--^%$#### acute but "unimportant" (ignored). ####$%^--.
.--^%$$$## inner perceptions take the upper hand, ##$$$%^--.
.--^%$#### abstraction and memory faculties are ####$%^--.
.....-%%## sharpened severely. slight telepathy ##%%-.....
.--^%$#### (mostly moods) with other honey eaters. ####$%^--.
.--^%$#### sense of thirst dissappears. still easy ####$%^--.
.--^%%%### to move around the body (if so ###%%%^--.
.--^%$#### inclined). ####$%^--.
.--^%$#### ####$%^--.
.-^%$##### #####$%^-.
....-^%%%# . seven spoons . #%%%^-....
.....--^%# ..... #%^--.....
.-----^%## the honey eater becomes unresponsive to ##%^-----.
.--^%$$### normal stimuli, but able to override ###$$%^--.
.--^%$#### their own senses with dreamlike ####$%^--.
...--^^$## imagery. sharing of thoughts with other ##$^^--...
.--^%$#### eaters, mood reading of those who stay ####$%^--.
....-^^$## sober (worth noting that the thoughts ##$^^-....
.--^%$#### are very fragmented and hard to ####$%^--.
.--^%$#### decipher, unless you are at a similar ####$%^--.
.--^%$#### level of spoons). at this point the ####$%^--.
.--%$##### body is hard to move, and starts losing #####$%--.
......-^$# water. #$^-......
..--^^%$## ##$%^^--..
....-^$$## ##$$^-....
.....---%# . nine spoons and above . #%---.....
.--^%$#### ..... ####$%^--.
.--^%$#### overdose. body losing water quickly, ####$%^--.
.--^%$#### and is completely unable to move. there ####$%^--.
.....--%$# is intermittent thought sharing with #$%--.....
...-^%$$## sober persons (although ##$$%^-...
.--^%$#### unintelligible). memeories are sharded ####$%^--.
.--^%$$### or not formed. ###$$%^--.
.--^%$#### ####$%^--.
...-----%# #%-----...
....-^$$## ----------- ##$$^-....
.....-^$## - dangers - ##$^-.....
.--^%$#### ----------- ####$%^--.
....-^$$$# #$$$^-....
.--^%$#### most deaths are due to loss of water - ####$%^--.
.--^%$#### thirst is one of the last senses to ####$%^--.
.--^%$#### restable after coming down, often gone ####$%^--.
.--^%$#### for up to twenty four hours. at higher ####$%^--.
.--^%%$$$# doses it's hard to move, even if you #$$$%%^--.
.....--%## would remember drinking (which is also ##%--.....
....--^%## made harder by the attention focusing ##%^--....
.....--^$# properties of the honey). #$^--.....
...----^$# #$^----...
.--^%$#### people are known to suffer injuries ####$%^--.
.....-%%## from being still in unfavourable ##%%-.....
.--^^^%$$# climates for too long, sometimes to the #$$%^^^--.
..--^%$$$# point of death. another danger is #$$$%^--..
.--^%$#### actually locomotion of the body... ####$%^--.
.--^%$#### walking around is still somewhat ####$%^--.
.--^%$#### possible after losing sight, which have ####$%^--.
...-^%$### lead to seveal falls. additionally, ###$%^-...
.....-%$$# robberies of the intoxicated are common. #$$%-.....
.--^%$#### ####$%^--.
.---^^%$## lastly, albeit very rare, it's possible ##$%^^---.
....--%### to die of pure overdose (on the scale ###%--....
.--^%$#### of jars of honey) before being killed ####$%^--.
.------%%# by thirst. there are rumors that this #%%------.
.--^%$#### leaves "ghosts", who will still share ####$%^--.
....--%$## their thoughts long after their bodies ##$%--....
.--^%$#### are dead and gone. ####$%^--.
.---^^%### ###%^^---.
.--^%$#### ####$%^--.
.--^%$#### ####$%^--.
....-^^%## ##%^^-....
.--^%$#### ####$%^--.
.--^%$#### ####$%^--.